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| author | Anthony Wang | 2023-10-11 18:54:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Anthony Wang | 2023-10-11 18:54:16 +0000 |
| commit | 3303518e19ad53bc8c6531b8cd9c4d502b4f7fb2 (patch) | |
| tree | 93619d2fc96bf3b4d95e2301a67b95221f26c22f | |
| parent | 31e174e54ca6948de9dbed3b19eebe37d2e893e7 (diff) | |
Add note about the pendulum angle being incorrectly linear instead of sinusoidal
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diff --git a/pendulum.html b/pendulum.html index 3506ae2..479c502 100644 --- a/pendulum.html +++ b/pendulum.html @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Unbelievable, geeksforgeeks actually producing quality content for once? I adjusted the numbers based on this demo: https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/pendulum-waves Also, the lengths are physically accurate (assuming pendulums obey simple harmonic motion which they pretty much do at small angles) +Technically, the angle should vary as a cosine function (assuming the small-angle approximation), but due to CSS limitations it's instead a linear function +Using a piecewise linear function for the animation would be more accurate, but no one can really tell the difference anyways --> <html> |